-ess vs -gate

-ess

suffix
  • Used to form nouns from adjectives. 

  • Suffix appended to words to make a female form. 

-gate

suffix
  • Used to form place names. 

  • Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals. 

How often have the words -ess and -gate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )